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By Liz Moyer
Investing.com — U.S. stocks were rising on Monday as investors raised their hopes for a slower pace of interest rate increases from the Federal Reserve.
At 10:45 ET (15:45 GMT), the was up 234 points or 0.7%, while the was up 1.2%, and the was up 1.9%.
A cooling labor market is boosting hopes for a slower rate hike pace, though officials from the Fed have made it clear they intend to keep rates elevated this year in a bid to tame inflation.
Stocks, particularly in the growth sector, have been weighed by fears about interest rate increases since last year, but Friday’s data on helped snap a recent losing streak.
Next up this week is the on inflation, with analysts expecting the data to show moderation on prices compared to the same time one year ago. The market is now expecting the to raise interest rates by a slower pace next month, with a quarter-percentage point raise compared with the half-point raise in December and bigger increases at the four meetings before that.
This week will also feature data on and consumer sentiment, a reading that will come out on the same day big banks kick off fourth quarter earnings season.
Shares of China’s e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd. ADR (NYSE:) rose 2.4% after Ant Group (HK:) founder Jack Ma said he would give up control of the fintech.
CinCor Pharma, Inc. (NASDAQ:) shares jumped 138% after it agreed to be bought by AstraZeneca (NASDAQ:) for about $1.8 billion.
Shares of Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:) rose 1.8% as the Wall Street bank reportedly prepares to lay off more than 3,000 people amid a slump in deal-making and an overhaul of its consumer banking offering.
Oil rose. was up 2.3% to $75.50 a barrel, while crude rose 2.2% to $80.28 a barrel. was up 0.5% to $1878.
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